While not really free, the cheapest "good" software I've found is
QCad. Less than half the price of the Eagle bundle. THere is a demo
but, like Eagle, its limited size and printing wise. Considering the
500 pin version is $95 US - for schematic AND layout, its not hard
to swallow at all. There's also a 1000 pin at $190 and unlimited at
$380 (all US funds).
As bug free as I've ever seen. Found a couple little things
missing/not working quite right. Emailed the author and BOOM it was
all fixed.
Only bad thing I can think of (its not actually "bad" bad) is that
it doesn't work quite the same way as most programs. Takes a little
getting used to - though nowhere near as much as the eagle part
editor!
http://www.winqcad.com/--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...>
wrote:
> interesting idea.
>
> my biggest problem is in board design software.
>
> seems eagle is about as free as you get
> with functinality.
>
> what file types to they take ?
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> Dave
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "kingsettler2002"
> <jamesjain2003@n...> wrote: